Podcast #97: Our semi-parliamentary system
Ben is joined by Professor Steffen Ganghof from the University of Potsdam to discuss his book Beyond Presidentialism and Parliamentarism. Steffen discusses an alternative model...
Queensland election guide launched
I've been using this quiet period between elections to get ready for the elections of 2024, and as part of that I have now...
Podcast #96: Timor-Leste’s parliamentary election
Ben is joined by former AEC official Michael Maley, who has just returned from a trip to Timor-Leste to help with the country's recent...
Time to end non-residential voting for councils
New South Wales appears to be considering changes to rules around voting for the City of Sydney, replacing a special law passed a decade...
Guide for Brisbane City launched
There will be five elections held in 2024 that I am planning to profile in depth. I've now finished my first of those five...
Podcast #95: From seats into votes
Ben is joined by Professor Matthew Shugart from UC Davis to discuss how the electoral system influences the party system. We discuss the effective...
Warrandyte by-election guide launched
Yet another by-election was triggered yesterday, in addition to the Fadden and Rockingham by-elections. The Victorian state seat of Warrandyte will be going back...
Guide for upcoming Rockingham by-election
There will be a state by-election coming up soon for the Western Australian seat of Rockingham.
Rockingham is at the southern fringe of Perth, and...
Victorian council ward reviews eradicating PR in Melbourne
39 Victorian councils are currently undergoing reviews of their electoral structure - the number of councillors, number of councillors per ward and the exact...
NT redistribution – draft boundaries published
The draft boundaries for the next Northern Territory Legislative Assembly election in 2024 were released yesterday. Changes were mostly restricted to the Darwin-Palmerston area,...